Trinna S. Frever is a tenured professor turned fiction writer, specializing in intersections between oral storytelling, music, visual media, and print fiction. She’s given talks at over thirty international conferences in locations ranging from Florida to France. She’s also published her work in an array of academic journals, including Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature and the Journal of the Short Story in English . For more details about her work, check out her full academic bio or keep scrolling!
As an Intermedia Theorist
Frever’s career as an intermedia theorist leapt forward when she chaired a panel at the international MLA conference entitled: “’Dancing about Architecture’: Creating Intermedia Theory.” Links coming soon!
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- What is Intermedia Theory?
As a Women’s Literature Specialist And Multicultural Americanist
Frever uses intermedia analysis to explore and illuminate multicultural fiction of the Americas, particularly by women. Her best known publication to date is “‘Oh, You Beautiful Doll!’: Icon, Image, and Culture in Works by Alvarez, Cisneros, and Morrison” published in Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature. Links coming soon!
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- Panels Chaired
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- Research Interests
As an L.M. Montgomery Scholar
Frever has a longstanding interest in the works of L.M. Montgomery, focusing on language and landscape, as well as depictions of women readers and writers. Links are on their way!
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- Latest Projects
As a Sci-Fi / Fantasy Fan and Fandom Theorist
Frever combines her enthusiasm for sci-fi and fantasy with her training in film studies and interdisciplinary cultural studies to research the intersections of television, film, performance, reading, viewing, and fantastical fandom creation(s). She’s particularly interested in how fans morph into creators into their own right.
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As an Oral Storytelling and Folklore Researcher
Frever’s interest in oral storytelling narratives, contexts, and processes informs much of her scholarly work. She’s trained and versed in storytelling traditions from a range of African American and Caribbean American communities; indigenous communities (particularly Anishinaabe ones, also some Pacific Islander); Irish and Irish American communities, particularly early immigration era; Scots Canadian maritime communities; Anglo and French printed fairy tales; and more! Links forthcoming.
- Conference Presentations
- Panels Chaired
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